FACEBOOK PAGE for the "Historic Farnhurst Cemeteries" is available here:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079316712524
The Find-A-Grave listings for the Delaware State Hospital/Spiral Cemetery can be accessed here: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2417778/delaware-state-hospital-cemetery (779 burials)
The Find-A-Grave listings for the New Castle County Hospital (Almshouse)/Farnhurst Potter's Field can be accessed here:
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2568624/new-castle-county-hospital-cemetery (3,123 burials and growing)
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079316712524
The Find-A-Grave listings for the Delaware State Hospital/Spiral Cemetery can be accessed here: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2417778/delaware-state-hospital-cemetery (779 burials)
The Find-A-Grave listings for the New Castle County Hospital (Almshouse)/Farnhurst Potter's Field can be accessed here:
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2568624/new-castle-county-hospital-cemetery (3,123 burials and growing)
PROFILES IN OBSCURITY -- Brief biographies of people buried in the New Castle County Hospital Cemetery/Farnhurst Potter's Field. NOTE: "Profiles" are on hold until I finish sorting through thousands of Certificates of Death to finalize who is buried in the NCCH Cemetery/Farnhurst Potter's Field cemetery. This will take at least until late 2023.
Database for DSH patients who were admitted between 1894 and 1920, and who died more than 50 years ago (HIPAA rules)
UPDATED 1/22/2023 -- ADDING FOLKS WHO DIED IN 1972, which include just two people, Sadie Cloud (white) and Annie M. Brown (black, 2 hospital stays). These records have been added to the original list of names of patients admitted to DSH between 1894 and 1920 and who died before 1973 and the database of their admission and clinical data (hospital records).
A description of the database and instructions for its use -- VERY IMPORTANT -- are provided HERE. Please read this before attempting to find someone in the database. The database itself can be found by clicking on the button, which will download the Access database to your own computer.
UPDATED 1/22/2023 -- ADDING FOLKS WHO DIED IN 1972, which include just two people, Sadie Cloud (white) and Annie M. Brown (black, 2 hospital stays). These records have been added to the original list of names of patients admitted to DSH between 1894 and 1920 and who died before 1973 and the database of their admission and clinical data (hospital records).
A description of the database and instructions for its use -- VERY IMPORTANT -- are provided HERE. Please read this before attempting to find someone in the database. The database itself can be found by clicking on the button, which will download the Access database to your own computer.
Remembering Farnhurst: Stories from the Delaware State Hospital, 1894-1920
Available from amazon.com for $38.95. The Table of Contents is provided here.
History of the Delaware State Hospital [for the Insane] at Farnhurst -- 1880s to 1920s
History of the New Castle County Hospital/Almshouse
Timeline of Potter's Fields
History of the Potters' Fields of New Castle County, Delaware including the New Castle County Hospital Cemetery/Farnhurst Potter's Field (1891-1933),the Moore's Lane Potters' Field (1934-1962) and the Boulden Boulevard Potters' Field (1962-1978). After Boulden Blvd. was closed, a Potter's field was opened next to the Baylor Women's Correctional Institute on Baylor Blvd., behind the Holloway campus. When it was filled up, new graves started being added to the outskirts of the DHS Spiral Cemetery, which is the site currently being used for indigent burials.
Available from amazon.com for $38.95. The Table of Contents is provided here.
History of the Delaware State Hospital [for the Insane] at Farnhurst -- 1880s to 1920s
History of the New Castle County Hospital/Almshouse
Timeline of Potter's Fields
History of the Potters' Fields of New Castle County, Delaware including the New Castle County Hospital Cemetery/Farnhurst Potter's Field (1891-1933),the Moore's Lane Potters' Field (1934-1962) and the Boulden Boulevard Potters' Field (1962-1978). After Boulden Blvd. was closed, a Potter's field was opened next to the Baylor Women's Correctional Institute on Baylor Blvd., behind the Holloway campus. When it was filled up, new graves started being added to the outskirts of the DHS Spiral Cemetery, which is the site currently being used for indigent burials.